[KC-Justin]

Hi,

DICE have released Server Update R16 to fix the most common cause of server side related crashes; approximately 75% of crashes should be fixed with this maintenance release. Additional crashes have been identified and bug fixing is ongoing with those.

R16 can be installed by logging into the Game Panel and going to Game Servers > BF3 > Game Updates and the R16 patch is available there.

This is an optional patch for this evening but all game servers will be required to be running the latest release by mid day tomorrow, 19th December, if no major issues are found. As such, we will force all instances that have not been updated to R16 around that time.

[Sgt.Trojan]

All installed and rebooted 8)
Pioww pioowwww

[EvilEddy]

It's good to see progress being made.

I wonder what effect this has on memory as there still appears to be a nasty leak...

[BBDK]

Any news about reserved slots?

[jossmer]

BBDK, on 19 December 2011 - 02:57 PM, said:

Any news about reserved slots?

R16 server crash on Monday 19/12/11 R16 was installed this morning and server reset.
Time approx 17:07pm
Caspian 64 slot 1000 ticket server
Was full when all players lost connection
81.19.208.45:25220

[EvilEddy]

So far, no crashes for us.

If it has resolved 75% of all crashes, the latest logs as the servers continue to crash should be invaluable.

[BBDK]

BBDK, on 19 December 2011 - 02:57 PM, said:

Any news about reserved slots?

Anyone with knowledge about it?

[Sgt.Trojan]

Not yet amigo.

[EvilEddy]

There's still a nasty memory leak in R16 though...



If the bugs they claim to have fixed won't crash the server, this will.

[Sgt.Trojan]

!!! ANy map in particular or map mode or something to hook?

This post has been edited by Sgt.Trojan: 22 December 2011 - 01:04 AM

[EvilEddy]

Nothing I can put my finger on. To determine if it's a map, I'd need to test each one... I don't really want to do this. Using my own servers as folks are trying to play.

[superinfantryclan.com]

81.19.208.19:25230

Metro 24/7 64 slot crashed many times since latest patch, lag situation is almost gone because hardware update but crashing appears stil.

dont know if its memory leak like reported or not need to see graphs of it!

server was Ranked 2nd in world but lost its status since crashing too much i guess!


01:46 uk time crashed full server again!!!

This post has been edited by superinfantryclan.com: 26 December 2011 - 02:02 AM

[KC-Justin]

You can find the memory usage for a particular instance under the 'Game Server Activity' icon in the game panel. Normal usage is between 100 - 300MB.

[EvilEddy]

Shameless cross post, but here's the latest graph from one of our servers.

http://www.rsobb.co....dpost__p__41740

[BBDK]

(Knock on wood)

Best server patch untill now. Servers been running smoothly for one week and 2-3 days now! They are full most hours of every day, so that's great.

(Knock on wood)

:-)

[Sgt.Trojan]

We are sharing that there wood.

[EvilEddy]

http://www.rsobb.co....dpost__p__41865

Ours will keel over soon thanks to that memory leak! I keep reporting it to DICE with graphs, the usual waffle comes back.

[KC-Justin]

You seem to be affected by this more than most. Some curse you dragged over from BC2?

I remember you mentioned that you use multiple rcon connections. Perhaps this is the trigger that gets the ball rolling; the majority of admins will be using single connections to their game servers. Maybe give the second rcon connection a break and see how the memory usage is?

[BBDK]

81.19.216.80:25200
64 slot
Full server

Full crash and gone from BL
Time: Just now

[EvilEddy]

KC-Justin, on 30 December 2011 - 04:49 PM, said:

Maybe give the second rcon connection a break and see how the memory usage is?

I'll give it a try.